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In the run up to the General Elections, the PUP took umbrage to the number of contract officers that were hired by the UDP administration and pledged to not do the same. Well, it is easier said than done as immediately after the elections they had to find a place for the talented few Belizeans that are out there who happen to be affiliated with the PUP.
Based on a document of new hires forwarded to the Guardian Newspaper, there have been a marathon of hires in the various ministries. Some of the more amorphous and needless positions are all contract officers. Among some of the hires is Digno Polanco, who was hired on contract last year as a Senior Technical Advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise. He is being paid a whopping $76,340.00 in salary. Apparently, there is not enough talent within the ministry that this gentleman had to be rehired.